Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Harvest isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Harvest through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 729
- 288 boys · 441 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 45 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #6,586 for boys · #8,549 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +32%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,586 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 19.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 12 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 481 as a first name in 2020; 363 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Harvest’s family of names
In English usage, Harvest as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Herbst.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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